资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.]
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's
neck were wried. --R. Browning.
资料来源 : WordNet®
wry
adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";
"an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry
Scottish wit" [syn: {dry}, {ironic}, {ironical}]
2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
3: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
"his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all
great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to
be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
[syn: {sardonic}]
[also: {wried}, {wryest}, {wryer}, {wriest}, {wrier}]
wried
See {wry}